CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE IECON2016 – Firenze (Florence)
The 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
23rd -27th October, 2016, Palazzo dei Congressi, Florence, Italy
Sponsored by the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IEEE-IES)
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS
Kamal Al Haddad,Giuseppe Buja,
John Y. Hung, Kouhei Onhishi
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Carlo Cecati, Yousef Ibrahim,
Bogdan M. Wilamowski
e-mail: chair@iecon2016.org
TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Aldo Boglietti, Huijun Gao, Luis Gomes,
Herbert Hess, Lucia Lo Bello, Milos
Manic, Toshiyuki Murakami, Peter
Palenski, Roberto Oboe, Xinghuo Yu
e-mail: tpc@iecon2016.org
ADVISORY BOARD
Gerard André Capolino, Carlos Couto,
Dietmar Dietrich, Babak Fahimi,
Leopoldo G. Franquelo, Hiromasa
Hameda, Hideki Hashimoto, David J.
Irwin, Okyay Kaynak, Ren C. Luo,
Kiyoshi Ohishi
IEEE IECON 2016 is the 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial
Electronics Society, focusing on industrial and manufacturing theory and
applications of electronics, controls, communications, instrumentation and
computational intelligence. The objectives of the conference are to provide
SPECIAL SESSIONS CO-CHAIRS
high quality research and professional interactions for the advancement of
Massimo Bongiorno, Gerard Hancke, Emil science, technology, and fellowship. Papers with new research results are
Levi , Giovanni Spagnuolo, Shen Yin encouraged for submission. IEEE IECON 2016 will be held concurrently with
e-mail: ss@iecon2016.org
the IEEE IES Student Forum and the IEEE IES Industry Forum. Tutorials,
TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS
Special Sessions, Exibitions and social activities will enrich the conference. The
Domenico Casadei, Chandan
world’s industry, research, and academia are invited to participate in the wealth
Chakraborty, Hiroshi Fujimoto,
TECHNICAL
of presentations.
SPONSORS
Jiancheng Fang
UNIVERSITÀ
DEGLI STUDI
e-mail: tut@iecon2016.org
FINANCE CO-CHAIRS
DELL'AQUILA
Concettina Buccella, Terry Martin
PUBLICATION CO-CHAIRS
Maria Gabriella Cimoroni, Roberto Di
Stefano, Rongfeng Yang, Andres
Augusto Nogueiras
IMPORTANT DATES
Special Session proposals: March 31, 2016 (EXTENDED)
Regular papers submission: May 9, 2016 (EXTENDED)
e-mail: pub@iecon2016.org
Special session papers submission: May 9, 2016 (EXTENDED)
INDUSTRY SUMMIT CO-CHAIRS
Tutorial proposals submission: May 9, 2016 (EXTENDED)
Michel Condry, Jerker Delsing, Victor
Huang, Stamatis Karnouskos, Carlo
Marchisio
e-mail: i-summit@iecon2016.org
STUDENT & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
FORUM CO-CHAIRS
Samir Kouro, Marek Jasinski, Hamed
Latafat, Dmitri Vinnikow
Acceptance notification : June 10, 2016
Final Manuscript and authors' registration: July 15, 2016
PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
Marcian Cirstea, Giorgio Graditi, Valeriy Vyatkin, Xuebo Yang
EXHIBITIONS
WEB
Filippo Catania
Alberto Petrucci
e-mail: studentforum@iecon2016.org e-mail: exhibit@iecon2016.org
e-mail: webmaster@iecon2016.org
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
The working language of the conference is English. Submit the full paper (six pages) as PDF following the IEEE
layout requirements by using the templates given at the conference web page: http://iecon2016.org. Accepted and
presented papers will be published in an IEEE Proceedings volume and will be included in IEEE Xplorer and indexed
by EI Compendex. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
ENERGY
Active a passive devices for power
Fault diagnostic and fault-tolerant
Power systems and ICT
electronics
power converters
Power systems and demand side
DC/DC and AC/DC converters
Grid connected converters
management
Electrical machines
High power converters
Renewable energy systems
Electrical machine condition monitoring
High efficiency DC/DC power
Special machines and drives
and diagnosis
converters
Special topics in electrical machine and
Electrical machines and drives for mobility Motor drives control techniques
drives
Electrical machines and drives for
Photovoltaic systems
Transportation electrification and
renewable energy systems
Power converters for power quality
vehicle systems
Energy Storage and alternative sources
Power converter topologies
Wireless recharging technologies.
and control
CONTROL, MECHATRONICS, ROBOTICS AND SIGNAL
PROCESSING
Control Systems and Applications
Mechatronics & Motion Control
Robotics and Haptics
Signal Processing, Image Processing and Artificial
Intelligence
ICT
Cloud Computing, Big Data and Industrial Informatics
Industrial Cyber Physical Systems
Communications Systems for Industrial and Factory
Automation
Electronic Systems on Chip and Embedded Systems
Resilient systems
EDUCATION IN INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
Trends and tools for engineneering education
SPECIAL SESSIONS
The conference will include Special Sessions on highly specialized topics reporting technical trends and
breakthroughs within the scope of the conference. Special Sessions are organized at the initiative of one or more
individuals (up to three), who must adhere to specific procedures published at the conference website .
TUTORIALS
As tradition, IECON2016 will include a significant number of Tutorials on cutting edge technologies in industrial
electronics. Therefore, the Organizing Committee invites outstanding researchers in respective area to propose halfday (3 hours) or full-day (6 hours) tutorials to be presented during the conference. Proposals should include: title,
name of instructor(s), a 500 word (max) abstract, a detailed list of topics, instructor's CV, a list of most relevant
STUDENT AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FORUM
The Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Student & Young Professionals Forum (S-YP Forum) offers activities and
opportunities for engineering students and recently graduated engineers to present their R&D work in Industrial
Electronics, and to build contacts with their peers. Forum activities are specially thought to help students and young
professionals develop networking connections. Best S-YP Forum papers will be awarded and travel grants will be
INDUSTRY SUMMIT & EXHIBITION
IECON2016 will host an Industry Summit & Exhibition bringing internationally recognized industry leaders together
for a practical, open exchange on edge-leading technology and your role in driving it forward. Attendees will discuss
challenges and opportunities, from industrial electronics and industrial informatics viewpoints. An exhibition area will
include stands showing some of the most advanced products, tools, books and other in the area of industrial